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Eat Right / Stay fit :

It’s July! That means the beginning of our Eat Right/Stay Fit months (July and August)! We want you to get the very best in healthcare with us here at Smartcare Health and Diagnostics, but we also want you to develop good habits that keep you healthy and away from the doctor altogether!

To start off Eat Right/Stay Fit, let’s look at a topic that everyone cares about: FOOD. The food you eat can “make or break” you when it comes to your health. Maybe you’ve been trying to lower your cholesterol or lose a lot of weight, or maybe you’re just trying to get rid of those love handles and gain some confidence for the beach. No matter what your reason, there are many ways to get healthy just from changing the way you eat.

It’s summer, which means you want to be out and about enjoying the weather...and you’re probably also going to be eating out a bit more than usual. Here’s a few tips for you if you want to go out to eat but are not sure how to keep it healthy.

- Pick a restaurant with options that are not all fried or greasy, however you can still find healthier options like salads at places like McDonald’s or Chick-fil-a

- Ask (especially at fast food establishments) if you can substitute the side of fries or onion rings for a more healthy option

- Watch your portions! This means you don’t always have to supersize everything or get the combo

- At more expensive restaurants, try not to fill up on the complimentary bread that many places offer

- When you order a salad, order a healthier, oil-based dressing on the side rather than ranch or caesar

- Avoid ordering foods that are undoubtedly fried or cooked with a lot of butter or salt, and try more baked dishes

- Eat your veggies!

- Order leaner meats like turkey, chicken and fish rather than beef and pork

- Drink WATER! Avoid sodas and sweet tea, all of that sugar is not good for you and those drinks will not adequately hydrate you

If you want a great list of ways to eat healthy when you eat out, here’s a link to the American Heart Association website where they have put together a detailed list of tips to go by.

The battle was fought in the territory of the monastic state of the Teutonic Order, on the plains between three villages:Grünfelde (Grunwald) to the west, Tannenberg (Stębark) to the northeast, and Ludwigsdorf (Łodwigowo, Ludwikowice) to the south.Władysław II Jagiełło referred to the site in Latin as in loco conflictus nostri, quem cum Cruciferis de Prusia habuimus, dicto Grunenvelt.[9] Later Polish chroniclers interpreted the word Grunenvelt as Grünwald, meaning "green forest" in German. The Lithuanians followed suit and translated the name as Žalgiris.[12] The Germans named the battle after Tannenberg ("fir hill" or "pine hill" in German).[13] Thus there are three commonly used names for the battle: German: Schlacht bei Tannenberg, Polish: Bitwa pod Grunwaldem, Lithuanian: Žalgirio mūšis.

There are few contemporary, reliable sources about the battle, and most were produced by Poles. The most important and trustworthy source is Cronica conflictus Wladislai regis Poloniae cum Cruciferis anno Christi 1410, which was written within a year of the battle by an eyewitness.[14] Its authorship is uncertain, but several candidates have been proposed:Polish deputy chancellor Mikołaj Trąba and Władysław II Jagiełło's secretary Zbigniew Oleśnicki.[15] While the original Cronica conflictus did not survive, a short summary from the 16th century has been preserved.Another important source is Historiae Polonicae by Polish historian Jan Długosz (1415–1480).[15] It is a comprehensive and detailed account written several decades after the battle.

The reliability of this source suffers not only from the long gap between the events and the chronicle, but also Długosz's biases against the Lithuanians.[16] Banderia Prutenorum is a mid-15th-century manuscript with images and Latin descriptions of the Teutonic battle flags captured during the battle and displayed in Wawel Cathedral. Other Polish sources include two letters written by Władysław II Jagiełło to his wife Anne of Cilli and Bishop of Poznań Wojciech Jastrzębiec and letters sent by Jastrzębiec to Poles in the Holy See.[16] German sources include a concise account in the chronicle of Johann von Posilge. A recently discovered anonymous letter,written between 1411 and 1413, provided important details on Lithuanian maneuvers.[17][18]Historical backgroundLithuanian Crusade and Polish–Lithuanian union

Main article: Northern Crusades

In 1230, the Teutonic Knights, a crusading military order, moved to Chełmno Land and launched the Prussian Crusade against the pagan Prussian clans.With support from the pope and Holy Roman Emperor, the Teutons conquered and converted the Prussians by the 1280s and shifted their attention to the pagan Grand Duchy of Lithuania.For about a hundred years, the Knights raided Lithuanian lands, particularly Samogitia, as it separated the Knights in Prussia from their branch in Livonia.While the border regions became an uninhabited wilderness,the Knights gained very little territory. The Lithuanians first gave up Samogitia during the Lithuanian Civil War (1381–1384) in the Treaty of Dubysa.The territory was used as a bargaining chip to ensure Teutonic support for one of the sides in the internal power struggle.Territory of the State of the Teutonic Order between 1260 and 1410; the locations and dates of major battles, including the Battle of Grunwald, are indicated by crossed red swordsTerritory of the State of the Teutonic Order between 1260 and 1410; the locations and dates of major battles, including the Battle of Grunwald, are indicated by crossed red swords

In 1385, Grand Duke Jogaila of Lithuania agreed to marry Queen Jadwiga of Poland in the Union of Kreva. Jogaila converted to Christianity and was crowned as the King of Poland (Władysław II Jagiełło), thus creating a personal union between the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.The official Lithuanian conversion to Christianity removed the religious rationale for the order's activities in the area.[19] Its grand master, Conrad Zöllner von Rothenstein, supported by the Hungarian king, Sigismund of Luxemburg, responded by publicly contesting the sincerity of Jogaila's conversion, bringing the charge to a papal court.[19] The territorial disputes continued over Samogitia, which had been in Teutonic hands since the Peace of Raciąż of 1404.Poland also had territorial claims against the Knights in Dobrzyń Land and Danzig (Gdańsk), but the two states had been largely at peace since the Treaty of Kalisz (1343).[20] The conflict was also motivated by trade considerations:The knights controlled the lower reaches of the three largest rivers (the Neman, Vistula and Daugava) in Poland and Lithuania.[21]War, truce and preparations

In May 1409, an uprising in Teutonic-held Samogitia started.

Lithuania supported the uprising and the knights threatened to invade.Poland announced its support for the Lithuanian cause and threatened to invade Prussia in return. As Prussian troops evacuated Samogitia, Teutonic Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen declared war on the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania on 6 August 1409.[22] The Knights hoped to defeat Poland and Lithuania separately, and began by invading Greater Poland and Kuyavia, catching the Poles by surprise.[23] The Knights burned the castle at Dobrin (Dobrzyń nad Wisłą), captured Bobrowniki after a fourteen-day siege,conquered Bydgoszcz (Bromberg) and sacked several towns.[24] The Poles organized counterattacks and recaptured Bydgoszcz.[25] The Samogitians attacked Memel (Klaipėda).[23] However, neither side was ready for a full-scale war.Lithuanians fighting with Teutonic Knights (bas-relief).

Lithuanians fighting with Teutonic Knights (bas-relief).

Wenceslaus, King of the Romans, agreed to mediate the dispute.A truce was signed on 8 October 1409, and was set to expire on 24 June 1410.[26] Both sides used this time to prepare for war, gathering troops and engaging in diplomatic maneuvering. Both sides sent letters and envoys accusing each other of various wrongdoings and threats to Christendom.Wenceslaus, who received a gift of 60,000 florins from the knights, declared that Samogitia rightfully belonged to the knights and only Dobrzyń Land should be returned to Poland.[27] The knights also paid 300,000 ducats to Sigismund of Hungary, who had ambitions regarding the Principality of Moldavia, for mutual military assistance.[27] Sigismund attempted to break the Polish–Lithuanian alliance by offering Vytautas a king's crown; Vytautas's acceptance would have violated the terms of the Ostrów Agreement and created Polish-Lithuanian discord.[28] At the same time, Vytautas managed to obtain a truce from the Livonian Order.[29]

By December 1409, Władysław II Jagiełło and Vytautas had agreed on a common strategy: Their armies would unite into a single massive force and march together towards Marienburg (Malbork), capital of the Teutonic Knights.[30] The Knights, who took a defensive position, did not expect a joint attack, and were preparing for a dual invasion – by the Poles along the Vistula River towards Danzig (Gdańsk), and by the Lithuanians along the Neman River towards Ragnit (Neman).[3] To counter this perceived threat, Ulrich von Jungingen concentrated his forces in Schwetz (Świecie), a central location from where troops could respond to an invasion from any direction rather quickly.[31] Sizable garrisons were left in the eastern castles of Ragnit, Rhein (Ryn) near Lötzen (Giżycko), and Memel (Klaipėda).[3] To keep their plans secret and mislead the knights, Władysław II Jagiełło and Vytautas organised several raids into border territories, thus forcing the knights to keep their troops in place.[30]

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